title: Circulating levels of adipocyte and epidermal fatty acid-binding proteins in relation to nephropathy staging and macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetic patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationships of serum adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (A-FABP) and epidermal fatty acid-binding protein (E-FABP) with renal dysfunction and macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetic patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The associations of serum A-FABP and E-FABP with markers of renal function, nephropathy staging, and macrovascular complications were examined in 237 type 2 diabetic patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Serum A-FABP and E-FABP correlated significantly with serum creatinine, mean albumin excretion rate, and glomerular filtration rate (all P < 0.001) and were independently associated with diabetic nephropathy staging (P = 0.001 and P < 0.05, respectively). Circulating levels of both types of FABP were increased (P < 0.01) in subjects with macrovascular complications. Serum A-FABP was independently associated with macrovascular complications (odds ratio 2.92 [95% CI 1.42-6.01]; P = 0.004).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Serum A-FABP and E-FABP might be novel serum biomarkers for evaluating the progression of nephropathy and its cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Dennis C Y
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: Aimin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Annette W K
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Tso
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Nelson M S
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Wat
authors.forename: Carol H Y
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: Sidney
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tam
authors.forename: Pak C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Sham
authors.forename: Karen S L
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000419:Albuminuria; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000652:urine; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine; D004817:Epidermis / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C493410:FABP4 protein, human; C493412:FABP5 protein, human; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D012709:Serum Albumin; D003404:Creatinine